The role
We'd be very interested in talking to individuals who have either recently qualified or have up to 5 years’ relevant post qualification experience, to work in our award-winning real estate team. Candidates should ideally have experience in the following areas:
- Development work, both commercial and residential;
- Landlord and tenant;
- Property finance; and
- Planning
So who are we looking for? We want someone who has an interest in this area of law based on experience of dealing with a range of property matters including development, acquisitions and disposals of both freehold and leasehold interests, commercial landlord and tenant matters, assisting on the property aspects of corporate sales and acquisitions and property finance, a proactive, self-starter, with a strong technical ability, a committed and strong work ethic, exceptional client service, a problem solver and a strong and capable team player. We've also set our sights on an individual with excellent people, communication and client management skills, an interest in business development and good commercial awareness.
Our team
Our large real estate team can cope with any commercial property issue. The team are ranked top tier in Legal 500 UK and were recently described as a ‘market leading practice’ by top legal directory Chambers and Partners.
As 2 time winners of Property Law Firm of the Year at the Insider North East Property Awards (2019 and 2017), the team have demonstrated their expertise in the full range of property and construction issues including acquisitions, disposals, redevelopments, investment, property management, property finance, mines and minerals, planning and renewable energy.
We have specialists dedicated to development, property finance, agriculture and rural issues, social housing and property disputes and have advised on some of the region’s biggest developments, including Newcastle Helix, Newgate Centre, Newcastle and Sunderland Music Arts and Culture trust.
We deal with all sizes of projects and transactions, combining the expertise within our development, landlord and tenant, planning, environmental, construction and real estate finance teams. We are commercial and pragmatic; clients enjoy working with us and we have developed many close and long-standing relationships with many of them. We have excellent working relationships with all the major surveying practices and are involved in an increasing number of national projects as we continue to win work outside the North East.
The real estate team is a key part of the wider Muckle LLP team, which is around 150 people strong. We are all based at a single site office in central Newcastle upon Tyne – a city we have operated from for over 100 years.
Historically, we had invested significantly to promote agile working, with our people having the ability to work from wherever suited them best, which we all did already long before the COVID-19 lockdown. This flexibility allowed us to move all of our operation seamlessly to home working last March, without disrupting our service delivery. We continue to operate to the same excellent levels of service that existed pre-lockdown, providing legal services to a wide range of organisations throughout the UK and beyond. Beyond lockdown, we will continue to operate our agile working policy, also taking advantage of our excellent, modern office facilities, where these help us to deliver excellent service to each other and to our clients.
Our people and values
Our business is full of bright, enthusiastic, articulate, colourful, confident people. People who live and breathe our core values:
- Trust – we trust each other to do the right thing
- Teamwork – we are one team and work selflessly for each other
- Responsibility – we are self-starters and take responsibility for how we work together and communicate
- Care – we care about our people, clients and community
It means, no matter who is involved, our clients receive the same excellent service from people who do what they say, on time and on budget, every time. That’s the Muckle way!
Our culture
We want everyone to understand how our business is run and we encourage all of our people to get involved. We are also proud of the communities in which we live and work and give our people lots of ways to support them.
For example, you could use your two days’ paid volunteering leave to support a local cause you care about or nominate them for a grant from our Muckle Fund at the Community Foundation.
From workplace running, cycling and walking clubs to fun events organised by our BEAM (Being Engaged At Muckle) team and participation in our Green Team to help make the business as environmentally friendly as possible, we’ve created a unique and award winning place to work:
- Investors In People Gold award accreditation
- Investors In People Health and Wellbeing accreditation
- North East Better Health at Work Gold award
- Journal North East Best Place to Work (Medium Sized Company) award
So how does all that sound? If you’re looking to work in a friendly, open environment and want to develop your career in a forward thinking, commercial North East law firm, then this is an excellent opportunity.
To apply, please email your CV together with an introductory letter outlining your salary expectations to [email protected].
Best of luck!